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Lap-by-Lap: Pocono

Lap 160 -- CHECKERED FLAG: The win goes to Joey Logano. It's the second win of his Sprint Cup career, and his first since June 2009 at New Hampshire. Mark Martin finishes second, his seventh runnerup showing here at Pocono.

Lap 159 -- No pressure from behind. Joey Logano is sailing right now.

Lap 158 -- Joey Logano is stretching out his lead over Mark Martin.

Lap 156 -- The lead goes to Joey Logano on the frontstretch.

Lap 155 -- Five laps to go. Mark Martin hops the inside of the track in Turn 3, allowing Joey Logano to close dramatically.

Lap 154 -- Joey Logano is ten car lengths out of the lead.

Lap 153 -- Mark Martin's crew tells him that he's go by about a lap on fuel. "Don't worry about being careful. Go get it!"

Lap 150 -- Ten laps to go. Who's it going to be? Mark Martin has finished second here six times, but never won. Brad Keselowski is on pit road, along with a few others.

Lap 149 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 7: There's a piece of metal in Turn 2.

Lap 147 -- Joey Logano's lead is now up to about a second over Mark Martin.

Lap 145 -- Joey Logano has eased out to a lead of a few car lengths. Meanwhile, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has charged his way into ninth place.

Lap 143 -- GREEN FLAG: Joey Logano, Mark Martin, Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth are the leaders. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is 16th on the restart and Jeff Gordon 17th. Logano and Martin remain side by side through the first turn, but Stewart jumps under Martin for second on the backstretch. That allows Logano to steam away with the top spot.

Lap 142 -- Still not going green.

Lap 141 -- The restart is called off when pace-car driver Brett Bodine spots more debris on the track.

Lap 88 -- Matt Kenseth has drawn up close to Mark Martin for second place.

Lap 87 -- AJ Allmendiner is officially out of the race due to his accident.

Lap 86 -- Carl Edwards has slipped from sixth on the restart to 13th.

Lap 85 -- Kyle Busch's crew is working on his car, but they don't appear to be very rushed. Is this terminal? He's still in the car.

Lap 83 -- GREEN FLAG: The top five on the restart are Greg Biffle, Mark Martin, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Joey Logano and Matt Kenseth. Earhardt tries to dive bomb Biffle for the lead in Turn 1, but has to back off. That allows Kenseth to get under him for third place.

Lap 80 -- Greg Biffle is now the leader, followed by Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. The race has reached the halfway point.

Lap 78 -- Pace-car driver Brett Bodine has spotted oil in several places around the track, deposited there by Kyle Busch. Jimmie Johnson is on pit road to top off his fuel supply.

Lap 77 -- Kyle Busch has gone to the garage.

Lap 76 -- Jamie McMurray, Brad Keselowski and a few others are on pit road.

Lap 31 -- Joey Logano and Dale Earnhardt Jr. have pulled up to the rear bumper of third-place Brad Keselowski.

Lap 29 -- On the flip side of the success coin at Pocono, second-place Jamie McMurray has never finished better than ninth here, and it's been nearly four years since he wound up that high in the running order.

Lap 27 -- Leader Denny Hamlin has four previous Sprint Cup victories here at Pocono, the most recent in June 2010.

Lap 25 -- Denny Hamlin has moved out to a 1.1-second cushion over second-place Jamie McMurray.

Lap 24 -- Brad Keselowski is hot on Jamie McMurray's bumper for second place in Turn 3, but he stays put for the time being.

Lap 23 -- Denny Hamlin goes under Jamie McMurray for the lead on the long backstretch.

Lap 21 -- GREEN FLAG: Jamie McMurray, Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano and Dale Earnhardt Jr. are the leaders on the restart. McMurray comes out on top in the first corner. Paul Menard gets in the dirt in Turn 3, but keeps going.

Lap 17 -- The leaders are on pit road. Jamie McMurray, Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin and several others stayed on the track. Clint Bowyer will be penalized for speeding on pit road.

Lap 16 -- The pits will be open the next lap around. This will serve as the competition caution that was planned for Lap 20.

Lap 14 -- Pit road is closed because of Reed Sorenson's wrecked car at the entrance, so drivers won't be pitting this time around.

Lap 11 -- AJ Allmendinger was black flagged for not lining up properly on the restart, and now he's been tagged for speeding on pit road. Ooops ...

Lap 10 -- Juan Montoya peels off the track to pit and check out the damage on his car.

Lap 9 -- Joey Logano has built a 1.5-second lead over second-place Paul Menard.

Lap 8 -- Juan Montoya has lightly brushed the wall in Turn 1, but he's remaining on the track.

Lap 6 -- GREEN FLAG: The top five on the restart are Joey Logano, Paul Menard, Marcos Ambrose, Jamie McMurray and Regan Smith. Logano jumps into the lead in Turn 1. Carl Edwards is going to be black flagged for not lining up properly.

Lap 5 -- Denny Hamlin is on pit road to repair damage from the first-lap contact with Carl Edwards.

Lap 4 -- Carl Edwards was entering pit road when the caution came out. He kept going without stopping.

Lap 3 -- The damage on Carl Edwards' car came from contact with Denny Hamlin going into the first turn just after the green flag.

1:01 p.m. ET -- The invocation gives thanks for a "smokin' hot new racing surface." File that one under "Things that make you go hmmmmm ..."

1 p.m. ET -- The colors are presented by the 193rd Special Operations Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. After the brief moment of silence for Cotton Owens and Dr. Joe Mattioli, the invocation is given by Father Mike Kloton, from the Dioceses of Scranton, Pa.

12:52 p.m. ET -- There's also going to be a moment of silence for Cotton Owens, the recently elected member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame who passed away Thursday.

12:14 p.m. ET -- It was right here in Pocono where a fan ran across the track and jumped over the outside retaining wall right in front of leaders Davey Allison and Kyle Petty in the early 1990s. Let's hope there's not a repeat of that today!

12:02 p.m. ET -- It's an absolutely gorgeous day in the Poconos!

Noon ET -- TNT's NASCAR coverage has started!

11:46 a.m. ET -- The late Dr. Joe Mattioli will be honored before the race with a video tribute, 21-gun salute, the playing of "Taps" and a moment of silence. This one's for you, Doc.

11:24 a.m. ET -- Joey Logano turned the 2.5-mile Pocono triangle at a wicked fast speed of 179.598 mph to collect his first pole of the 2012 Sprint Cup season. The effort is a new track record. Carl Edwards will start second, followed by Paul Menard, Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin in the top five.

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